Category Archives: Politics

Fool me just once more? Sure, for old time’s sake.

Sadly, being ambivalent often achieves nothing. And I was completely disinterested in the upcoming Scottish elections. Then serendipity intervened. On the same day as I received my postal vote, the Labour candidate came to my door. His pitch, wisely, was … Continue reading

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Defending The Don, how hard can it be?

We’re only a few weeks into 2026 and many deliberations surround Donald Trump. The most common one – is he the worst person in the world? In the spirit of fairness, I feel it’s my duty to play devil’s advocate … Continue reading

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The big difference between 2003 and 2025? The elite are no longer concealing their contempt for us

Allowing this blog to become too current affairs centric makes it more boring than it usually is, and depressing, for me and anyone who has the misfortune to happen upon it. Still, certain topics reach such enormity that it’s cowardly … Continue reading

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Labour’s failure reflects our lack of imagination and bottle to demand something new

The nauseating PR seems so ridiculously quaint now; those genius adults were back in charge. How quiet it would be after a decade plus of Tory dysfunction and incompetence. That this Labour government, with the drabbest weathervane leader imaginable, would … Continue reading

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Trump wins again! And years of lying and greed from neo-liberals fuelled his comeback.

There are many justified condemnations of Donald Trump, one is narcissism. So, in that vein, let’s talk about wee auld me first. I look to keep any piece I write on this blog at a thousand words or less. Even … Continue reading

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